Yusuf Abrahams is a creative design genius and the co-founder of App Your Game. A kind, empathetic, and super talented human. In this conversation he shared his story and gave us an insight into how he uses design to solve problems. You don't have to be able to draw to be creative.

Carly Barnes is a phenomenal individual. A creative story teller who has a diverse back ground and energy for life that is infectious. 

In this episode of Podcasts of The People we chatted about life, stories, motivation, challenging yourself, taking a leap and much more. 

Be unique, stand out, follow your dreams and incorporate your passion with your day to day. And most importantly just start.

If you would like to get in touch with Carly or learn more about EasyEquities, please feel free to give us a shout.

Addiction.

Something that we perhaps don’t pay enough attention to in our lives that always seem so full. This conversation is centred around the story of a heroin addiction and her journey. A display of courage, determination and phenomenal mental strength. As Kurt shares during the conversation, Merlene is definitely a heroine and we thank her for sharing her story with us. 

We cover everything from getting addicted, to dealing with the highs (and the lows), and eventually coming to the realisation that things could not go on as they were. Traveling back home to go into a rehab centre and arranging one last high before giving it up for good.

A story that certainly had an impact on us and the wide ranging insights in this conversation may well have an impact on you.

Pascale is the CEO of Brownie Points, a social enterprise with a difference. Brownie Points is connecting the dots and enabling people to make a difference. Connecting individuals, as well as companies with projects.

In this wide ranging dialogue we share stories, challenges, lessons and discuss the change Pascale is seeking to create in the world. A journey from a dark space to seeing the light through giving and entrepreneurship – women empowered, giving back, volunteering and big picture thinking.

A glimpse into the life and vision of an inspirational women.

Here are a few useful links and books that have helped Pascale to develop her thinking.

In this episode we chat to Jemma Houghton. A young South African with a passion for movement, physiotherapy, and yoga… among many other things. Jemma is currently doing her com serve in the rural Eastern Cape in South Africa. She started a donation-based yoga class to support Move For Two, a Non-Profit Organisation that uses dance education to address social issues amongst outlying communities in South Africa.

You can join Jemma’s classes and learn more about Move For Two by following her on Instagram - jem_houghton

As the world continues to navigate the impact of COVID-19, a global health crisis with wide reaching ripple effects, we checked in with Sam to hear her story. Having contracted the virus, we ask Sam about the symptoms, the diagnosis, and the experience she had dealing with the South African health services. We also chat about mindsets and coping with restrictions. This episode is a COVID-19 special and we hope everyone is staying safe.

In this episode Kurt and Joshua chat to Joanne Fitzhenry from Molefe Knight Attorneys about her journey through life - a difficult childhood, depression, growth, hardship, determination, and self-discovery. 

Joanne was recently admitted as an attorney to the High court of South Africa. A phenomenal achievement, that shows her determination and character... but Joanne isn't done yet and we look forward to seeing how she continues to make a positive influence on the world around her.

If you identified with this story or any of the messages shared, please pass the podcast on to someone else. We can all make the world a better place and share with the community around us.

In this episode Kurt and Joshua chat to Rachel and Sheldon from Liv Lanseria.

A broad ranging conversation about the work LIV Lanseria do, life, running, community development and so much more. 

It takes a village to raise a child. 

The LIV model is long term cluster foster care, where children have a sense of belonging in a supportive community, modelling an African village lifestyle. We place orphaned and vulnerable children into a family environment with a trained foster mother and father to love them, a school to educate them, and where they receive spiritual discipleship, care and nurturing. 

LIV provides holistic residential care for orphaned and vulnerable children

Find out more about the work Liv Lanseria does here: https://www.liv-lanseria.com/programs/

The goal is to share stories of everyday South Africans, of all races, religions, genders, and ages. Kurt Solomon realised he was being inspired and motivated by normal, everyday South Africans, and their stories. He would chat with car guards to understand their story and he knew many people, from all walks of life. Single moms with cancer, people with depression, some who attempted suicide but overcame it all. He knew, that this was just the beginning and wanted to chat with people from all walks of life to share their stories, to inspire and to spread positivity and hope through South Africa. Luckily for Kurt, after chatting to his equally passionate mates about the idea, Joshua Nuttall and Levon Lock, they kicked his arse and so #POP was (finally) born.